Office of the Historian

893.24/8–2048

Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] August 20, 1948.

There are attached two reports from the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner summarizing transfers to the Chinese Government of foreign and domestic ammunition between June 25, 1947, and August 16, 1948. One contract dates back to June 1947; the others have been implemented since November 6, 1947.

A total of 19,730.507 measurement tons of foreign surplus ammunition was accepted and shipped by the Chinese Government under the three contracts in Tab A.14 (This figure is less than the OFLC May 20, 1948, report by the amount not accepted by the Chinese Government.)

The transfers from domestic surplus are listed in Tab B15 by caliber [Page 73] and general types rather than by tonnage. OFLC states that with the exception of some 5,000 grenades all domestic surplus ordered by the Chinese has been delivered.

  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Not printed; it listed 134,260,675 rounds of various calibre ammunition, 229,392 grenades, and 60,213 mines ordered. This included all offered except 302,059 rounds of two types of ammunition.↩